Carpet-weave



a. CROSSLAND.

CARPET WEAVE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19, 1920.

Patented Aug. 10,- 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE CROSSLAND, OF JESSUPS, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO CROMPTON & KNOWLES LOOM WORKS, 0F WORCESTER, MASSACHUSEITS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHU- SETTS.

CARPET-WEAVE.

Application filed February 19, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen CROSSLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jessups, in the county of Anne Arundel and State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful ()arpeti Veave, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a carpet weave of the general type shown in my prior Patout, No. 1,189,495, issued to me May 18, 1915, and is a five shot weave adapted for manufacture 011 a stationary wire loom.

It is the object of my invention to provide a five shot weave, by the use of which, a superior grade of carpet may be manufactured, having the particular advantage of a relatively thick and heavy back.

I also provide a weave in which the expensive pile warp is disposed entirely near the face of the fabric, thus saving a considerable amount of pile warp otherwise wasted in passing to and from the back of the fabric. The feel of the carpet is also improved by keeping the soft pile warps in the face of the fabric and the heavy stuifer warps at the back receive the. wear and abrasion from the surface on which the carpet rests.

My invention further relates to arrangements and combinations of parts hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

A preferred form of my invention is shown in the drawing which is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved weave.

A carpet made with my improved weave comprises stutter warps S, binder warps B, pile warps P, and filling shots F.

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen that four filling shots F are placed within each crossing of the binder warps B, three of these shots lying between the upper binder warp and the pile warps and securing the pile loops to the surface of the fabric. The fourth filling shot is disposed below the pile warps but above the second binder Warp. The fifth filling shot is inserted below the lower binder warp and between the stuffer warps, a portion of the stuffer warps preferably passing outside of the lower filling shot while the remainder of the stufi'er Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1920.

Serial No. 359,775.

warps pass over the first mentioned single filling shot just beelow the pile warps. The stuffer warps are preferably crossed between successive filling shots as is the case with the binder warps.

Having described my invention, it will be seen that the crossing of the stulfer warps at the rear of the fabric materially thickens the back of the fabric and separates the soft pile warp from the surface on which the fabric rests. At the same time, the pile loops are very firmly secured to theface of the fabric.

While the weave has been described as comprising binder warps and stutter warps, it will be understood that these terms are used for convenience in distinguishing between different warp threads and that they do not necessarily indicate a difference in size or quality of warp. Ordinarily, however, the stuii'er warps are of larger size and coarser material than the binder warps.

Having thus described my invention, it

will be evident that changes and modifications can be made therein by those skilled in the art within the spirit and scope of my invention as set forth in the claims, and I do not wish to be otherwise limited to the details herein disclosed, but what I claim is i.

1. A carpet weave having, in combination, binder warps, stufi'er warps, pile warps, and filling threads, three shots of filling threads being inserted above the pile warps and one below said warps at each crossing of the binder warps, and an additional filling shot being inserted between the stuffer warps and outside of the binder warps at each binder warp crossing.

2. A carpet weave having, in combination, binder warps, stuffer warps, pile warps, and filling threads, three shots of filling threads being inserted above the pile warps and one below said warps at each crossing of the binder warps, and an additional filling shot being inserted between the stufler warps and outside of the binder warps at each binder warp crossing, said stuflfer warps being also crossed between successive outside filling shots.

3. A carpet weave, having, in combination, binder warps, .stufier warps, pile warps,

and filling threads, three shots of filling being also crossed between successive outside threads being Inserted above the pile warps filling shots, and alternately passing over the and one below said warps at each crossing single lower filling shot within the binder 10 of the binder warps, and an additional fillwarp crossing.

-'ing shot being inserted between the 'stufier' "In testimony whereof I have hereunto warps and outside of the binder warps at affixed my signature. each binder warp crossing, said stutter warps V GEORGE CROSSLAND. 

